Re-installing XP

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From: Jess (jessmu_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/16/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 22:08:43 -0800

Hi! Surely I am not the first person to have this
issue. I got a new hard drive a few months ago and put
XP on it. Well, I am updating the rest of my system now,
including a new motherboard. We are going to have to
wipe the hard drive and start over. My problem is this,
I know that XP has to be "activated", and I have done
this once already. What sort of issues am I going to
have when I wipe my hard drive and start all over? I
will have to "activate" XP again, won't I? Will I be
able to do this since it has already been activated
once? Help! My parts will be here soon! Thanks!

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